http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/why-linux-is-a-perfect-fit-for-
charities-and-non-profits/2209
http://goo.gl/M1mH9

<quotes>
It all begins with cost. Okay, yes Microsoft will give their operating 
system away once you’ve taken the time to prove you are who you are and you 
meet the right status (according to their guidelines). But once you get 
beyond the operating system, you then have to consider all of the other 
applications that must be put in place:

- Anti-virus
- Anti-malware
- Office suite
- Financial tools
- Monitoring and/or NAC tools

And much more. And again, charities can more than likely score software 
titles to aid in the above tasks, but are they going to, yet again, have to 
prove who they are, fill out the right forms, and do the right dances? 
Probably (unless they are downloading the free version of said software that 
doesn’t have all the features the paid version has). And what about the 
hardware? You know most charities aren’t running the latest greatest. In 
fact, most of the charities I come across are running white-box machines 
that couldn’t run Windows 7 if their electronic lives depended upon it.

So…what should charities do? Those organizations that are so budget-strapped 
that they aren’t sure if their doors will remain open if they have to divert 
a single penny in the wrong direction? They should turn to Linux. 
</quote>

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"Robin T Cox" <nomail@nomail.net> wrote in message 
news:y_2dnUsv1a2iQdfQnZ2dnUVZ8jSdnZ2d@bt.com...

subject line corrected.

BAWWAWAAAA!!!!!!!

On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:47:47 +0000, Robin T Cox wrote:

> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/why-linux-is-a-perfect-fit-
for-
> charities-and-non-profits/2209
> http://goo.gl/M1mH9
> 
> <quotes>
> It all begins with cost. Okay, yes Microsoft will give their operating
> system away once you’ve taken the time to prove you are who you are and
> you meet the right status (according to their guidelines). But once you
> get beyond the operating system, you then have to consider all of the
> other applications that must be put in place:
> 
> - Anti-virus
> - Anti-malware
> - Office suite
> - Financial tools
> - Monitoring and/or NAC tools
> 
> And much more. And again, charities can more than likely score software
> titles to aid in the above tasks, but are they going to, yet again, have
> to prove who they are, fill out the right forms, and do the right
> dances? Probably (unless they are downloading the free version of said
> software that doesn’t have all the features the paid version has). And
> what about the hardware? You know most charities aren’t running the
> latest greatest. In fact, most of the charities I come across are
> running white-box machines that couldn’t run Windows 7 if their
> electronic lives depended upon it.
> 
> So…what should charities do? Those organizations that are so
> budget-strapped that they aren’t sure if their doors will remain open if
> they have to divert a single penny in the wrong direction? They should
> turn to Linux. </quote>

I've set up computers for several friends as well as non-profits. I don't 
do MS. I explain that up front - it's too much of a hassle for me to want 
to contend with. If they feel they 'need' MS - they go elsewhere - most 
don't.

On 03/02/2011 16:50, One-Shot , One-Kill wrote:
> "Robin T Cox"<nomail@nomail.net>  wrote in message
> news:y_2dnUsv1a2iQdfQnZ2dnUVZ8jSdnZ2d@bt.com...
>
> subject line corrected.
>
> BAWWAWAAAA!!!!!!!
>
>
>

Which is why many of the Holywood blockbusters have their animation done 
on....err  lets guess. And it's NOT Windows or Mac.
(Subject RE corrected...)